Pteridaceae
Sitka rockbrake
Cryptogramma sitchensis
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Cryptogramma
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Sitka rockbrake
Synonyms
- Allosorus sitchensis Rupr.
- Cryptogramma acrostichoides var. sitchensis (Rupr.) C.Chr.
- Cryptogramma stelleri var. sitchensis (Rupr.) C.Chr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native
Photos
Photo: Ed Alverson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Laura Holloway, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: John Brew, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Muir, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marcus Tamura, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ed Alverson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: lauralaska66, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.